WHAT IS THE HYPERBARIC PRESSURE CHAMBER?
There are a variety of pressure vessels that qualify as Hyperbaric Pressure Chambers. Classifications for the chambers are also varied depending upon the context in which they are addressed. There are two basic classifications of chambers, one is the mono-place and the other is the multi-place. The key component of the term’s, multi and mono, are obvious. The term “Multi” refers to more than one compartment, and the term “Mono” refers to one compartment. Clinical practices differ as to how they serve the patient needs of their community. In most hospitals, larger chambers are pressurized with air and after the appropriate pressure is achieved, the patient breaths pure oxygen through a mask or hood. However, in the stand-alone and smaller practices, the monoplace type of chamber that accommodates one patient at a time, is pressurized and operated entirely by oxygen.
